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Fragments of pottery combed ware jar

Large pottery two-handled [combed ware] jar (cf. 12-12-569 to 12-12-572), [Type B LIV]; dark grey ware with white specks, inside surface brown, outside surface red, finely ribbed outside; burning marks inside, many fragments. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_13-11-61
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4140 A
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/01/1913

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4140

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 461, fig. 279, p. 463.

    Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 75.